Hello again and welcome to yet another edition of ASK FORTIS, the
column where you ask me questions, even though I am old and out of
touch with the OHR community! I appreciate it because it makes me feel
valued.
This is also the 2 year issue of Hamsterspeak! In celebration I am answering a sort of OHR History question. How exciting.
Dear Fortis, why do people continue to use "set variable" almost eight
years after Hspeak started supporting := for variable assignment?
Why? Why! Won't you tell me why!?
Because the OHR is for people who generally don't like to "get their
hands dirty" with programming and the like. The "plain english" command
is easier for them to remember. I bet the people who are more into
programming use := all the time!
Also, I still use(d) "set variable" because I didn't read the
documentation very often. I think my old levelup script (from 2005 so I
have no excuse to not us :=) uses "set variable".
As you may know, there were famous games that lit brightly on the OHR, even if they did not age very well by today's standards.
But there were also many other games people made that they made for the
heck of it. I am curious, what are some of the more mundane, more
casually made OHR games that you liked?
A couple of my favorite games were HAPPY FACE TUTORIAL GAMES. One
was by Ben-Ohki and featured a character named "Lord Vapid Stare" who
never blinked, and the other one was by Kitfox4 and I don't remember
much of it at all.
Ahhh what else... there was a game... by a guy... that had some red
lizard enemies? Well he never finished it, or even really started, but
the graphics were super cool for the time.
Which articles from the RPG Online days should be resurrected and rewritten for a modern audience?
Definitely the "SHUT UP AND MAKE YOUR GAME" article. No forum drama.
No endless promotion of a demo that'll never come out. Just make your
game.
It was more topical BACK IN THE DAY but I think people should... make their games.
So there you have it for
another month! I love your questions! SEND ME YOUR QUESTIONS. Send them
to ASKFORTIS at ZANTETSUKEN dot COM!
